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Exploring the Moon — Teacher's Guide Flashcards
| Front | Back |
|---|---|
| What is the Lunar Sample Loan Program? | A NASA program that lends educators a disk containing six samples of Moon rocks and regolith, embedded in a 15-cm diameter plastic disk, for classroom use. |
| What must educators do before borrowing a Lunar Sample Disk? | They must be certified by attending a training seminar on security requirements and proper handling procedures. |
| What are the three units of activities in this book? | Unit 1: Pre-Apollo, Unit 2: Learning From Apollo, Unit 3: The Future. |
| What does "Pre-Apollo" refer to in this book's structure? | Activities that can be done before the Lunar Sample Disk arrives at school. |
| What is included in the Lunar Sample Disk package? | The disk itself, the Exploring the Moon book, an annotated slide set of lunar images, and color photographs/descriptions of the six samples. |
| Who can provide copies of the 36-slide set? | Central Operation of Resources for Educators (CORE) in Ohio or NASA Educator Resource Centers. |
| What is the title of the Teacher's Guide background reading section? | "The Moon: Gateway to the Solar System" |
| Who was the Project Coordinator/author of "The Moon: Gateway to the Solar System"? | G. Jeffrey Taylor, PhD, Professor at the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa. |
| What are the "highlands" on the Moon? | Light-colored, heavily cratered terrain on the Moon's surface. |
| What are the "maria"? | Darker, smoother regions of the Moon formed when lava flows filled depressions. |
| What mystery about the Moon's terrain is mentioned in the Teacher's Guide? | Why fewer maria occur on the farside of the Moon compared to the nearside. |
| Why can't Earth rocks tell us as much about early solar system history as Moon rocks? | Earth is geologically active, so mountain building, volcanism, weathering, and erosion have erased much of its early record. |
| What can Apollo-returned rocks and sediment reveal? | Clues about how Earth and the Moon formed, early melting history, the intensity and timing of impact bombardment, and the history of the Sun. |
| What is regolith? | The layer of loose sediment/dry, dark material covering the Moon's surface. |
| What does the "Progress in Lunar Science Chart" summarize? | Our knowledge about the Moon from 1959 to 1997. |
| What are the "Moon ABCs" and "Rock ABCs" Fact Sheets? | Pages presenting key basic facts about the Moon and Moon rocks. |
| What organization originally allowed modification of the Marsville activity for life support systems? | The Challenger Center. |
| What do the heavily cratered farside images chronicle? | The Moon's early, intense bombardment period, which probably also affected early Earth. |
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